On December 13, 2022, the European Commission initiated the process to adopt an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). The draft adequacy decision follows President Biden’s October Executive...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) implementing the new trans-Atlantic EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). The EU-U.S. DPF, previously announced by President Biden and the...more
10/10/2022
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Civil Liberties ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Intellgence ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Intelligence Agencies ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Surveillance ,
UK
On March 25, 2022, US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the long-awaited announcement that the United States and the European Union have agreed, in principle, to the...more
French regulators have held that the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR, a decision that likely has broad implications for web analytics companies and website operators.
On February 10, 2022, the French Data...more
2/16/2022
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CNIL ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Facebook ,
FISA ,
France ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Google ,
International Data Transfers ,
Schrems I & Schrems II
On June 4th, 2021, the European Commission adopted and published a new set of so-called standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) providing a legal basis for international transfers of personal data from the EU/EEA to third...more
6/7/2021
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EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK
On November 11, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) released two documents as a follow-up to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (“CJEU”) notable July 2020 decision, known as Schrems II. These documents...more